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B Domínguez Aurrecoechea1, J A Lorenzo
1Centro de Salud de Otero y Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Oviedo.
Insights
Mothers typically accompany children to pediatrician visits. Fathers participate more in child care, especially in families with higher socioeconomic status, challenging traditional stereotypes.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric healthcare
- Sociology of the family
- Child development
Context:
- Examines the role of parents in pediatric consultations.
- Investigates whether traditional gender stereotypes in childcare are reflected in clinical practice.
- Utilizes data from a year-long observational study at a health center.
Purpose:
- To determine if social stereotypes regarding childcare are replicated in daily pediatric consultations.
- To analyze parental accompaniment patterns and factors influencing father involvement.
Summary:
- An observational study of 300 pediatric visits found mothers accompanied children in 66.7% of cases, fathers only or with others in 7.6%, and both parents in 14.7%.
- Father involvement in consultations was associated with child's age and father's education level.
- Information sufficiency and child management were adequate regardless of parental accompaniment.
Impact:
- Highlights the evolving role of fathers in childcare and pediatric healthcare.
- Suggests socioeconomic factors significantly influence paternal engagement in child health.
- Provides insights for healthcare providers on family dynamics in pediatric settings.
Objective:
To find out if the social father-mother stereotypes as regards the care of children are reproduced in the daily practice of Pediatrics Consultations, in order to do so, this study looks at who accompanies children to the consultations and the factors which led to fathers taking their children.
Design:
An observational crossover study.
Setting:
Otero Health Center, Oviedo.
Participants:
A sample of 300 visits obtained over a year from the consultations of the Pediatrician.
Measurements And Main Results:
Collected Socioeconomic variables of parents, type of Consultation (Spontaneous or Programmed), who accompanied the child, sufficiency of information brought to the consultation and child management detected. People accompanying children were: Mother only (66.7%; IC 95%: 64.1-74.7), father and mother (14.7%; IC 95%: 11.0-19.3), father only or with others (7.6%; IC 95%: 5.0-11.4). In all cases information was sufficient and child management adequate. Mother came to 70.8% (IC 95%: 60.1-79.7); father to 4.5% (IC 95%: 1.5-11.8) and both to 21.3% (IC 95%: 13.7-31.6) of Programmed Consultations. A Logistic Regression found age of childrens and Education level of father associated with father accompany to consultation.
Conclusion:
Mother normally accompanies child to pediatrician consultations. Father participates in child care, principally in families with a higher Socioeconomic level.
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